- [uncountable] busy and noisy activity忙乱嘈杂；喧闹
- the hustle and bustle of city life都市生活的喧闹繁忙
- For once the river was quiet, without its usual bustle of barges and river traffic.这一次，河水平静了，不再像往常一样有驳船和河上交通的繁忙。
- [countable] a frame that was worn under a skirt by women in the past in order to hold the skirt out at the back（旧时女子用的）裙撑
Word Originnoun sense 1 late Middle English: perhaps a variant of obsolete buskle, frequentative of busk ‘prepare’, from Old Norse. noun sense 2 late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.